How to build resilient landscapes and livelihoods in refugee settings
Resource ID
10014
Access
Open
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Climate change drought poor soil ecosystem women children land degradation WLE CIFOR-ICRAF food system partnership
Date
19 June 21
Country
Sub-saharan Africa, Eastern Africa
Summary
Sub-Saharan Africa currently hosts 6.3 million refugees, a number which has grown from 2.2 million in a decade, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Massive refugee and host populations, mostly located in dry landscapes with erratic rainfall and poor soils, accelerate land degradation, creating an imbalanced supply and demand of ecosystem products and services.
Limited access to food among refugee households results in skipped meals, while limited access to cooking fuel forces refugees to use food aid as a currency to purchase firewood and charcoal for cooking.
Source
Forest News